So I scored everything for my manual swap minus the front driveshaft (which I still have a line on) and the T case, for 1500 less than what I was quoted for everything minus both driveshafts and a manual steering column, but with a T case from another truck.

and I'm OK with that.

However, that leaves me looking for a T case, obviously. Can't find one. So, is there a place that sells the 29 spline input that I need? North American Powertrain has given me 3 different numbers and price quotes. The dodge dealer in town just kinda looked at me with a blank look, and Napa of course doesn't even list a part number for the input.
I did find out that the trucks used either a wide or narrow bearing for the input. is there a way, besides prematurely ripping open my T case, to know which one I have in mine?

What do, dieselbomber experts?

 

I'm not sure how to tell without tearing them down; as far as I know it was an assortment throughout all the years they just went back and forth between. I'd just pull the t-case and measure, very simple to do.

Here are a few imported input shafts:

Wide Bearing: NP241 DODGE HD LD TRANSFER CASE INPUT SHAFT 29-SPLINE '94-'02 24mm WIDE BEARING

Narrow Bearing: NP241 DODGE HD LD TRANSFER CASE INPUT SHAFT 29-SPLINE '94-'02 16mm WIDE BEARING

Here are others that I am not sure are USA made or not:

Wide Bearing: NP241 Transfer Case Input Gear (Wide .940" Bearing) (5-6 Speed) - Enterprise Engine

Narrow Bearing: Input Gear, NP241 5/6 speed 29 Spline, (Narrow) - Enterprise Engine

 

hm, fair enough.

got the swap about half done today. 3 pedal setup in, hole cut in the floorboards, auto transmission half yanked, slave/master mounted/put where it belongs, and the hackneyed wiring for the trailer braking system the PO put in has been wrangled, after 2 hours of going "who in the name of God and sunny Jesus did this?!" and tracing wires through.

If I can get a friggin input shaft from NAPC in Edmonton tomorrow (if you order before 10am, they can get it to my city within the day) or a manual truck t case from one of the yards in town, I will be done tomorrow.

also, found out that a nearby transmission shop may give me a decent core refund on my 47rh, and my 23 spline NP241 if I do find a full t case from a manual truck. Also have someone willing to buy the rear driveshaft I don't use.

which is good. that'd recoup a fair bit of my cost.